Mary Elizabeth Baird, age 90 of Flowery Branch, passed away on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 P.M. Friday, April 12, 2024 at Memorial Park South Chapel with interment following at Redwine United Methodist Church Cemetery. Pastor Justin Arnold will officiate. The family will receive friends from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Friday, April 12, 2024 at Memorial Park South Funeral Home. Elizabeth Baird was born March 24, 1934 to the late Oscar...

    Mr. Rodolfo Contreras Vergara age 94 of Gainesville, GA passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2024.  A funeral mass will be said Monday, April 22, 2024 at 4:00 PM at St. Michael Catholic Church. Father Jorge Carranza will officiate. The family will receive friends Tuesday, April 23, 2024 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the Memorial Park Funeral Home.  Interment will be in Municipal Cemetery of Contla, Jalisco, Mexico. Born on Thursday, June 27, 1929, he was the son of...

Mr. Freddy Resendiz Gonzalez, 36, of Akron, OH passed away Monday, April 8, 2024. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at St. John Paul II Catholic Church. Father Carlos Vargas will officiate. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Memorial Park Funeral Home Tuesday, April 16, 2024 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Born on December 2, 1987 in Hidalgo, Mexico, he was the son of Benito Resendiz and Adriana...

  Mr. Chester Howard Willis, Jr. age 85, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away peacefully on Monday, April 8, 2024. The family will receive friends from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm Friday, April 12, 2024 at Memorial Park Riverside Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 12:00 pm Friday, April 12, 2024 at Memorial Park Riverside Chapel with interment to follow in Alta Vista Cemetery. Reverend Adrian Niles will officiate. Mr. Chester Howard Willis Jr. was born in Elberton, Georgia on July 26,...

Ms. Jodi Elgart Wingard, age 64, of Gainesville passed away Monday, April 8, 2024. Memorial services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in the Chapel of Memorial Park South Funeral Home.  Deacon Terry Millinger will officiate. Ms. Wingard was born March 30, 1960 to the late Jacquin Lawrence & Sheila Gimbel Elgart in Huntington, New York.  A Realtor, she received the Million Dollar Club Lifetime Achievement and was ranked in the top 4% of agents Nationwide, achieving...

Mrs. Etheleen Chambers Nolan, 87, of Gainesville, passed away Sunday, April 7, 2024 at Chestnut Ridge Nursing Home. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in Memorial Park Cemetery. Born on August 10, 1936 in Flowery Branch, she was the daughter of the late John Fletcher and Eunice Ewing Chambers. She retired from Belk in 1992 where she worked in alterations. In addition to her parents, Mrs. Nolan was preceded in death by her husband, Joe Leonard Nolan,...

  Mrs. Frances "Cricket" Grace Ingram Blalock, 90, of Gainesville, passed away Saturday, April 6, 2024 at The Oaks at Limestone following an extended illness. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 10, 2024 in the Chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home. Rev. Darrin Cain and Rev. Robert Nix will officiate. Interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday, April 9th from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and Wednesday from 11:00...

James "Jim" Herman Bullard Jr., age 82, passed away peacefully on April 5, 2024 at Northside Forsyth Hospital, due to an extended illness, in the arms of his loving daughter, Suzanne Russo. Born on April 10, 1941 in Rockingham, NC, Jim was the cherished son of James Herman and Doretha "Dot" Rainwater Bullard, and best friend to his dear sister, Dorothy "Fay" Bullard. In this small town, he learned the values of hard work, kindness, and devotion to...

Mr. Garry Melvin Carpenter, Jr., 50, of Oakwood, passed away Friday, April 5, 2024. A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 8, 2024 in Memorial Park Cemetery. Rev. Tony Lovell will officiate. The family will receive friends at Memorial Park Funeral Home on Sunday, April 7, 2024 from 4:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Born on February 17, 1974 in Gainesville, he was the son of Judy Morgan Wade and the late Garry Melvin Carpenter, Sr. Mr. Carpenter was of the Baptist faith. Mr....

Michael William Hawkins (1947 - 2024) Michael William Hawkins, of Gainesville GA, was called home on the 3rd of April, 2024.  He was 76 years old.  The words that are to follow cannot convey what an extraordinary person he was.   Saved by his Grandmother, Hassie, Michael overcame his meager beginnings to become a successful businessman in the industry of pipe fittings and flanges.   Starting several businesses and seeing them come to fruition,...